Psalm 78:9-20

Psalm 78:9-20
Common English Bible (CEB) 

   9 The children of Ephraim, armed with bows, retreated on the day of battle. 10 They didn’t keep God’s covenant; they refused to walk in his Instruction. 11 They forgot God’s deeds as well as the wondrous works he showed them. 12 But God performed wonders in their ancestors’ presence— in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 13 God split the sea and led them through, making the waters stand up like a wall. 14 God led them with the cloud by day; by the lightning all through the night. 15 God split rocks open in the wilderness, gave them plenty to drink— as if from the deep itself! 16 God made streams flow from the rock, made water run like rivers.
  17 But they continued to sin against God, rebelling against the Most High in the desert. 18 They tested God in their hearts, demanded food for their stomachs. 19 They spoke against God! “Can God set a dinner table in the wilderness?” they asked. 20 “True, God struck the rock and water gushed and streams flowed, but can he give bread too? Can he provide meat for his people?”

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  More.
  We always want just a little more, just to be sure God is really there, to be sure he really cares, as though all that God has done is not quite enough.  Just a little more, God, our hearts cry.  Just a little more.  I need it.
  What we do, if we're not careful, is set up God to be little more than a vending machine.  We go back to God every time we need something, but we forget that our faith is a relationship to be nurtured, a life-giving cord that continually reminds us of all that God has done, preparing us to be certain of all that God will continue to do.
  God has never let us go, and he will never do so in the future.  God is ever faithful, and so let your anxious heart rest in him.

May you find trust in God